The Wolves manager, Mick McCarthy, struggled to contain his frustration after watching his side draw with Swansea. Photograph: Ian Kington/AFP/Getty Images

When a team has not won any of its last seven league games, and lost five of them, its manager is entitled to feel less than perky but Mick McCarthy's reaction to Wolves' 2-2 draw with Swansea on Saturday was reminiscent of Michael Douglas's character D-Fens in Falling Down. "I'm up for a scrap," McCarthy told reporters after the game. "If any of you want a scrap right now, I'd be more than happy to accommodate you." Thankfully no punches were thrown in the Molineux press room but who knows what Mick will do if Wolves do not start winning soon. Their next two games? Manchester City home and away. Oh dear

Norway not so Kean

Defeat to Tottenham has piled more pressure on Blackburn's beleaguered manager, Steve Kean, and now he has to deal with the wrath of an entire nation. 'Norway says Kean out', read one of the banners among the home crowd at Ewood Park. Many more losses and the club's owners may decide that 'India says Kean out' too

Mum's the word for Mason

Given how prone his dad was to saying 'young man', it is perhaps not a surprise Nigel Clough gave a debut to a 15-year-old in Derby's 2-0 defeat by Middlesbrough. Mason Bennett is now the club's youngest ever player, so young, in fact, he needed permission from his mum to play for the Rams. She said yes, thankfully

Goal of the weekend

Mario Balotelli for Man City v Man Utd

The Italian may be incapable of staying out of trouble but his first goal at Old Trafford proved he is also an expert finisher, a quick and precise right-foot shot that left David de Gea stranded and set up a stunning victory for the visitors

Meanwhile … in Munich

Jürgen Klinsmann has found himself on the end of a rather strange slagging-off by his former club Bayern Munich. According to their president, Uli Hoeness, appointing the World Cup winner as manager in July 2008 was an expensive mistake, but not for obvious reasons such as salary and money spent on transfers. "We had to buy computers for thousands of [dollars]," said Hoeness, explaining that Klinsmann liked to use Powerpoint to explain tactics to his players. "Under [Jupp] Heynckes [the current manager], we win games for €12.50." Apparently Heynckes, who replaced Klinsmann in April 2009, can explain all tactics using five colour markers and a flip chart